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WEARING APPAREL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed Jan. 25 1933 3mm/m FranL-r aso tra pire

reuse? WEARING APPAREL AND-METHOD 0F MAKING SAME Frank Grasso,Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Application January 23,

Ll Claims.

My invention Vrelates to wearing apparel and particularly to trousers orpants,the invention having to do with the upper waist portieri of thegarment, and particularly to the method of sewing the parts thereoftogether with the belt loops.

I-Ieretofore it has been the practice to construct the waistband of aninner lining, usually having a canvas or other suitable stifener and anouter band composed of the fabric of which the gar-` ment is made; theupper edge of the garment proper is sewn in between the outer and innerbands along the bottom edge of the same. Belt receiving loops areprovided at intervals and these usually have their top ends tucked inbetween the upper edges of the inner and outer bands and sewn thereto bythe top row of stitches which sews the inner and outer bands togetheralong their top edges. The lower ends of the loops are then folded backupon themselves and sewn to the outside of the waistband at the bottomthereof, thus requiring` two sewing operations. Also the surplus portionof Y the lower ends of the loops must be clipped oli after sewing theloops to the lower portion of the waistband. This makes threeoperations, two sewing operations and one clipping operation. Myinvention has for an object to dispense` with the clipping operation andwithV one of the sewing operations, and to reduce not only the laborinvolved in the making of a garment but also the amount of sewing threadused and the amount of material necessary for the belt loops.

Other objects will inv part be obvious and in part be pointed outhereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends, the invention stillfurther resides in those novel details of construction, combination andrrangement of parts, all of which will be iirst fully described in thefollowing detailed description, then be particularly pointed out in theappended claims, reference being had to the'accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pair of folded knee pants embodying myinvention.

Figure 2 is a sectional perspective view thereof taken on the line 2 2of Figure 1. Y

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic perspective View showing the method ofassembling and sewing the parts together in one operation.

In the drawing, in which like numerals of reference indicate like partsin all of the figures, 1 is the body portion of the garment to which thewaistband is attached. The waistband consists of the lining band 4usually reinforced by a stiif- 193s. sel-ramo. 653,141

(ci. L-236) ener of canvas or other suitable material 6, the edges 5 ofthe band 4 being folded over the stiffener 6 by means of a suitablebinder attachment to the sewing machine. 2 designates the outer band ofthe material of which the body portion 1 is composed and this outer bandalso has its edges folded under, as at 3 3.

In carrying out my invention the parts are assembled as indicated inFigure 3, the top edge of the body portion 1 lying between the inner andQ5 outer bands 4 and 2, respectively. As the operator feeds theassemblage to the sewing machine (which is a double needle machinehaving the usual sewing needles 11 for simultaneously sewing the rows 9and 10 of stitches) she puts the belt loop 7 over the band 2 and tuckstheir ends 8 under the same, see dotted lines, Figure 3, so that whenthe band 2 lies on the band 4, the ends 8 will be held between the outerand inner waistbands so that as the assemblage passes the sew- (7 5 ingneedles they will sew through the belt loop 7 and its tucked under ends8 at the same time sewing the parts 2, l and 4, together. Thus in oneoperation of sewing the parts 4, 1, 2 and 7 are simultaneously sewedtogether, it being understood that as the material is fed through thesewing machine the operator places additional loops 7 at properintervals along the waistband 2.

By the use of my invention one operator can do the work of three andapproximately one spool of thread out of every six spools is saved overthe old method of sewing garments.

Other advantages of my invention will be clear to those skilled in theart.

What I claim is: 4

1. The method of assembling and sewing waistbands and belt loopstogether and to the upper edge of garments, which consists in taking aninner lining band and an outer band, placing the upper edge of thegarment proper on the lining 95 band, placing the outer band over thelining band with the upper edge of the garment between the bands, takingbelt loops and folding their two ends under the top and bottom edgesrespectively of the outer band whereby the folded under ends will liebetween the inner and outer bands and feeding the assemblage to a doubleneedle sewing machine whereby in one operation the parts will be sewntogether with a top and a bottom row of parallel stitches.

2. rEhe method of assembling and sewing waistbands and belt loopstogether and to the upper edge of garments, which consists in taking aninner lining band and a; reinforcing strip and an outer band, placingthe upper edge of the gar- #1 10 .geo

ment proper on the lining band, placing the outer band over the liningband with the upper edge of the garment between the bands, taking beltloops and folding their two ends under the top and bottom edgesrespectively of the outer band whereby the folded under ends will liebetween the inner and outer bands and feeding the assemblage to a doubleneedle sewing machine whereby in one operation the parts will be sewntogether with a top and a bottom row of parallelstitches.

3. An article of wearing apparel comprising a body having an upper edgeand a waistband cornprising an inner band and an outer band betweenwhich said upper edge is located, and b'eltyloops having their endsfolded under the top andbottom edges of said outer band to lie betweenlsaid inner and outer bands, a single line of stitching securing thelower edges of bothof Isaid bands, the upper edge of said body andthe'lower yends of said loops together, and a second line of loopslocated at intervals and crosswise of said outer band and having theirtop and bottom ends folded under said outer band, and a row of stitchesalong the bottom edges of said bands securing said bands and the upperedge of the l"garment and the Ylower ends of the loops together, :and arow of stitches along the top edges of said bands securing said bandsand the upper ends ofnsaid loops together as and for the purposes de-Ascribed.

FRANK GRASSO.

